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Show "som- of the 'old guard' are not seek- ' ins republican success at the coming election; they wish to perpetuate their control of the Republican or-ganlmtlon or-ganlmtlon at any cost to the party." And he ro.s on to particularize that In such event they would have been glad to unload defeat on the shoulders should-ers ul" tho president 0I, the ground that he had Iguored the policies of Hughes and snubbed Tlonnovelt. the er.v men whom they had consistently consistent-ly opposed at every turn. Lastly he charges that In the last two loglsla-I loglsla-I lures there had been (Ungraceful 6.1- hanee between Tammany Until and some of the "old guard" leaders. Roosevelt In his statement given out at Oyster Ray explains what ha3 been Hie course of his negotiations I with the organization aud how after his successive rebuffs, ho had felt that further ovcrturea could not consistently con-sistently come, from him. His fu-U fu-U re attitude ho doen not define be-eauoe be-eauoe he is ns yo' uucertaln what effect on public sentiment President Tail's letter will have when It has been read by the voters of tho state. NF.W YORK, Aug. 22. The following follow-ing letter from President Taft to Lloyd C. C.rlscom, president of the New York Republican county committee com-mittee wa given out today by Mr Grlscom: P.everly, Mass., Aug. 20. 1010 "My Dear Mr. Gri scorn: As you know frorn your telephone conversation conversa-tion with my office I have steadily refused to admit the propriety or necessity of the president's replying to newspaper statements, which are not based on any act or authorized word of his and have no sponsor I am entirely willing, however, to reply categorically to your telegram of August 19, which has Just arrived and Is as follows v " 'I am informed and believe that several members of the N"w York republican state committee who voted for Vice President Sherman over ex- j President Roosevelt as nominee for ' temporary chairman of the state convention con-vention were Influenced by utatc- ments that the vice president's name was presented to defeat Colonel Roosevelt In accordance with your wlh. A member of the state committee com-mittee declared to me before the meeting that Mr. Sherman's candld-ncy candld-ncy hail been arranged with you by telephone the previous day. Efforts have been made to create an Impression Impres-sion that you favor a particular candidate can-didate for election as state chairman. I want you to know that tho Injection of th name of a hlsh member of your administration Into factional conflict has produced a most complicated compli-cated situation and the ahseuco of sny auihoratatlve Information as to your attitude la seriously misleading many Republicans nnd Impairing a movement for a progressive party leadership nnd clenn government In this state. . " "You know rou desire us to have a fair field and hopo this may be made clear to the public' "The suggestion that I have ever expressed a wlh to defeat Mr. Roosevelt Roos-evelt for temporary chairmanship of the convention or have ever taken the slightest step to do fo, Is wholly untrue and I never heard Mr. Sherman's Sher-man's name juggr-?e,i as temporary chairman of the state convention until un-til I saw In the newspapers of August Aug-ust 16 that he bad been selected at the meeting of the committee. When you called at my house Saturday evening, August 13, you told me that Mr. Roosevelt Intended to go to tho convention as a delate and you suggested Incidentally his being made temporhry chairman a suggestion sugges-tion In which I acquiesced. "It did not occur to me that anyone any-one would oppose It. This was the flrnt time the subject of the temporary tempor-ary chairmanship was mentioned to me by anone. Yon did not ask me to take any action whatever with reflect re-flect to It. After a full discussion of the New York stato situation. I drafted. In your presence, the following follow-ing telegram and sent It to Mr. Sherman: Sher-man: "'Beverly, Mass.. Aug. 14. 1910 Hon James S. Sherman, Vice President. Presi-dent. T'tlca, N. Y.: " 'Please say to Ward and Woodruff Wood-ruff that I have had a long conference with Grlscom. He confirmed my Judgment already expressed to you thai the whole situation In New York may be saved without humiliation to any one and that with victory for the party by a full conference with Mr. Roosevelt and reasonable con cessions with reference to platform and candidates. "The thing of all others that ought V) be avoided s a controversy n the convention. I am told by Mr. Grlscom that such a conference with Mr. Roosevelt might conveniently bo held and would be welcomed by him before the state committee meets on Tuesday. Hope you will be able to report satisfactorily solution when vou come on Wednesday. (Signed) WILLIAM H. TAFT.' 'On the afternoon of Monday, August Aug-ust 15, Mr. Sherman telephoned me from New York, and for the first time, apprised me of the fact that there was a proposal to oppose Mr Roosevelt for the temporary chalr-munBhlp chalr-munBhlp and that with Mr. Root's name. No other name than Mr. Root's was mentioned I protested against tho Idea of a contest on such a matter, purposely declined tp bo drawn Into a light against Mr. Roosevelt Roose-velt and again renewed my urgeut advice that there be prompt and full personal conference with Mr. Roosevelt Roose-velt before the committee meeting u'.th a view to securing harmony and victory for the party. "Mr. Sherman called upon nie hero en the 17th Inst, to meet an engagement engage-ment of a week's standing made with him and Mr. Loudenslager to discuss the cougresf lonal campaign textbook. text-book. Mr. Loudenslager was presented pre-sented from coming by an Illness. In the conferenco with Mr. Sherman. I told him that I deplored the result of the meeting of the New York atato committee, because unless the break was repaired, It meant division between be-tween New York Republicans and probable defeat. "Upon leaving me Mr. Sherman agreed to go into a conference with Mi. Roosevelt, provided he were Invited In-vited to do so, with a view to adjusting ad-justing tho situation if possible even at that late date. Mr. Nicholas Long-worth Long-worth was present and said he would send a telegram to bring about a conference. con-ference. What lly result has been I do noi know. "Finally, in your telegram rerelved tl.la morning, ypu state that efforts bavo been made to create the iuipre-slon iuipre-slon that 1 favor a particular eandl-oT.to eandl-oT.to for ebrcllon as slate chairman, This Is absolutely untrue. ) have expressed no opinion on thu subject, since an effort was made l:sl winter b the New York congressional J.l-pailon J.l-pailon to further Mr. oodrnff-'T liicnient which failed. TAFT SENDS A LETTER Denies Influencing the Action of New York County Committee NEW YORK. Aug. 22. President Taft anil ex-President Roosevelt are again fellow workers in tho same political po-litical field. The threat that they might pull apart has been forefend-ed forefend-ed by a full explanation on one side and an unreserved acceptance on tho ether. Tho president made it plain In a letter given out today by Lloyd C. Grlscom, chairman of the New York Republican county committee how the misunderstanding arose. He explained ex-plained that he never took any part in a committee cabal to defeat Colonel Col-onel Roosevelt for temporary chairman chair-man of the coming state convention On the contrary he explicitly deplores the result of the committee meeting which chose Vice President Sherman: he rebukes the party leaders who hare permitted it to go abroad uncontradicted un-contradicted that the president of the United States was behind their factional fac-tional preference; he Insists that at every opportunity he advised the fullest conference with Roosovelt and ho explains ho has been pained by "columns of ungrounded stories In newspapers concerning my attitude In respect to the New York situation." situa-tion." For his part, Colonel Roosevelt, v.hen he read Taft's letter as communicated com-municated to him at Oyster Bay, said: "I am very' Eld lo s?,? Mr- Taft's letter and am pleased with 1L" The president's letter comes In reply re-ply to Mr. Grlscom's blunt assertion by telegraph that 'the absence of any authoritative Information aa to your attitude is seriously misleading many Republicans.' He tells how, when Tio first learned from Vice President Sherman of the plan to oppose op-pose Roosevelt, ho "peremptorily dts cllned" to be drawn Into a fight with Mr. Roosevelt and again renewed his urgent advice that there be full personal per-sonal conferencp with him. Finally he asserted that the solutlou of the. direct primary Issue can be found In provisions similar to those of tho Cobb bill defeated by the last legislature legis-lature In dire rebuke to Roosevelt and Governor Hughes. In the course of the correspondence there comes out a telegram from the president to the vice president, hitherto hith-erto withheld, but of which mention bad In view, crept into prlut. In substance sub-stance the president Informed Timothy Timo-thy L Woodruff. Republican stau chalrmnu. and William L. Ward of the National Republican committee, "that tho thing aM "thers that ought to bo avoided Is auy controversy contro-versy In the convcnUou " The president's letter throughout is temperate, although positive. Mr. Grlseorn. In his comment ou It was rr.ueb more outspoken. Me did not hUltate to charge that the Republir cm organization of the state had plaved politics with the presidents nam- and had misrepresented bis at tltu.l". . u He asserted In so many words that |